Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cayley E188273 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cayley
Cayley is a surname most notably associated with the influential 19th-century British mathematician Arthur Cayley, a pioneer in group theory and matrix algebra.
 E709590 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Cayley | Statement: [William Cayley, familyName, Cayley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cayley
Context triple: [William Cayley, familyName, Cayley]
  • A. MacMahon
    MacMahon is a French noble family name most prominently associated with Patrice de MacMahon, a 19th-century Marshal of France and President of the French Third Republic.
  • B. Wallis
    Wallis is a given name and surname used in English-speaking countries, often considered a variant of Wallace.
  • C. Hassler
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for his foundational work in differential topology and manifold theory.
  • D. Talbot
    Talbot is a surname of English and Norman origin, historically associated with several notable families and individuals.
  • E. Humphreys
    Humphreys is a small unincorporated community located within Lea County in southeastern New Mexico.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Cayley
Triple: [William Cayley, familyName, Cayley]
Generated description
Cayley is a surname most notably associated with the influential 19th-century British mathematician Arthur Cayley, a pioneer in group theory and matrix algebra.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cayley
Target entity description: Cayley is a surname most notably associated with the influential 19th-century British mathematician Arthur Cayley, a pioneer in group theory and matrix algebra.
  • A. MacMahon
    MacMahon is a French noble family name most prominently associated with Patrice de MacMahon, a 19th-century Marshal of France and President of the French Third Republic.
  • B. Wallis
    Wallis is a given name and surname used in English-speaking countries, often considered a variant of Wallace.
  • C. Hassler
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for his foundational work in differential topology and manifold theory.
  • D. Talbot
    Talbot is a surname of English and Norman origin, historically associated with several notable families and individuals.
  • E. Humphreys
    Humphreys is a small unincorporated community located within Lea County in southeastern New Mexico.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca82b42674819086840efea12478e5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3ff75d208190b7c53d2fe55878ac completed March 31, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc63e587908190980f1f026f4aa153 completed April 1, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc651c5f788190908c6d84c58cba0f completed April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc6649d2348190996802140b455348 completed April 1, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:26 p.m.